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Palais Jacques Coeur à Bourges

Visit the Jacques Cœur palace located in the historic centre of Bourges, a town of art and history, and one of the most sumptuous examples of 15th-century Gothic civil architecture. Find out about Jacques Cœur, an extraordinary figure who was a merchant, adventurer and the great master of the mint to King Charles VII.

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Opening / Closing

Times may vary

Open every day
2 May to 30 June : 9:30 am to 12 and 2 to 6:15 pm
1 July to 31 August : 9:45 am to 12:45 pm and 2 to 6:30 pm
1 to 30 September and 1 to 30 April : 10 am to 12:15 pm and 2 to 6 pm
1 October to 31 March : 9:30 am to 12 and 2 to 5:15 pm
Last admission 30 mins before closing

Closed
1 January, 1 May, 1 and 11 November, 25 December

Prices

Adult rate : 7,50 €
Reduced rate : 4,50 €
Adult group rate : 6 € (minimum 20 persons)
School group rate : 30 € (maximum 35 students, 2 accompananying adults included, adult group rate for additional accompananying adult)

Free admission :
Minors under 18 (family visit)
18-25 years old (for people under 26 years old who are citizens of one the 27 countries of EU or are non-European permanent residents of France)
Disabled visitors and their escorts
Unemployed persons

Billet jumelé palais Jacques Coeur + tour et crypte de la cathédrale de Bourges
Plein tarif : 11 €
Tarif réduit : 7 €
Tarif groupes : 8 €

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Localisation

Palais Jacques Coeur in Bourges
10 bis rue Jacques-Coeur
18000 Bourges

T 33 / (0)2 48 24 79 42
F 33 / (0)2 48 24 75 99

GPS details

Latitude : 47.0853
Longitude : 2.3945

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Understanding Jacques Cœur and his palace in Bourges

• Like a character from a novel. Jacques Cœur was a merchant and had a huge network of trading counters, and became master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. He was ennobled in 1441 and became the King’s right-hand man. The palace (1443-1451) is testimony to his rank. Court jealousies led to his arrest in 1451. He escaped from prison and took refuge in Rome. He died of disease when leading a Crusade in 1456. Jacques Cœur became a legendary figure and the French poet François Villon sang of his life and deeds.

• A public building. The building was used as the town hall in the 18th century, as a tribunal and finally law courts from 1820. It was included on the first official list of historic monuments in 1840.